Naval Strength Body Wash

Earliest known poster for Pusser's Naval Strength Body Wash.

Pusser's Blue Label Rum.

Naval Strength Body Wash is an alleged ration of high-proof aged rum secretly provided to certain "in the know" personnel in the Royal Navy for use as a body wash.

History

First reported by this author on the Boing Boing bulletin board

For King and Hygiene

"For King and Hygiene" is said [by whom?] to be the sub rosa motto of the so-called Body Washers (officers who covertly use the special rum ration as a body wash).

In popular culture

The cult film Invasion of the Body-Washers is loosely based on stories about Naval Strength Body Wash.

Association with scrimshaw abuse

Some evidence has emerged [citation needed] that Naval Strength Body Wash usage is a trigger for scrimshaw abuse episodes.

Commentary

Rum, sodomy and lash scented candle

User dabeyc writes:

... do not want my soap to smell like jesus. or anyone in particular. but i had a rum, sodomy and lash scented candle once that i bought in the mall and it wasn’t terrible.

• Comment @ Boing Boing

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Invasion of the Body-Washers
• Scrimshaw abuse

External links

• How Pusser’s rum became the official drink of the British Royal Navy - The drink, which first quenched the thirst of workers and planters, crossed the oceans to reach America and Europe. India times: Last Updated: Oct 14, 2018, 09.25 AM IST
• Pusser And The Story Of Navy Rum by Joseph V. Micallef @ Forbes (Mar 21, 2020,10:17am EDT)